2019-02-05

St. Grigol Peradze Awards Ceremony at TSU

On February 5, at 12 noon, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) will host a ceremony of awarding St. Grigol Peradze Awards to TSU Professor Gocha Japaridze and Metropolitan Andria (Gvazava) of Gori and Ateni. The medals and diplomas will be handed over by Polish Ambassador to Georgia, Mariusz Maszkiewicz. Rector of TSU, George Sharvashidze, representatives of the Embassy of Poland to Tbilisi, students, professors and invited guests will attend the event.

The University of Warsaw presented St. Grigol Peradze Awards to Prof. Gocha Japaridze and Metropolitan Andria (Gvazava) of Gori and Ateni. The meeting of the Prize Awarding Council was held at Tyszkiewicz Palace of the University of Warsaw.

TSU Professor Gocha Japaridze, historian, orientalist and diplomat was awarded for his special contribution to researching Georgia-related works and manuscripts of unknown Arabic historical, geographical, biographical and genealogical genres stored in the archives and depositories of Syria and Egypt; also, for his monograph – “The Georgian Monasteries and Monastic Community in the Holy Land in the 11th -18th Centuries (according to Arabic narratives and documentary sources), as well as for his special contribution to studying St. Grigol Peradze’s life and scientific heritage.
 
St. Grigol Peradze Award was presented to Metropolitan Andria (Gvazava) of Gori and Ateni for his special contribution to education and science in Georgia; restoration of historical gymnasium of St. George the Hagiorite; support to publishing the complete works of St. Grigol Peradze in Georgian at the University of Warsaw; also for his special contribution to establishing scientific relations between the University of Warsaw and Gori State Teaching University.  

St. Grigol Peradze Award was introduced in 2010 upon the initiative of a scientific journal of Kartvelian studies Pro Georgia released by the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Warsaw University. It is awarded biennially. The award is presented for humanism and values promoted by laureates throughout their lives. 

Address: I. Chavchavadze 1, TSU, 1st Building, auditorium No. 107



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